Battered But Not Broken
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800468545
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Chester, SC, United States
- Phone
- (803) 385-2290
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rehabilitation Services for Offenders
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $209,725
- Expenses
- $238,258
- Assets
- $425,155
- Liabilities
- $35,943
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LETANYA WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER)
Highest reported compensation
- LETANYA WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER): $58,654 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
According to Williams, Miriam’s House will mirror what the nonprofit already does at the House of Magdalene, but will cater specifically to the needs of Lancaster County. “Every community has different needs,” Williams said, noting the current opioid problem in the county. Miriam’s House, which will be able to provide **shelter to six women** at a time for up to 18 months, will partner with various agencies to get women the help they need in terms of healthcare, counseling and job training.”.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided 14-16 women safe housing as they reenter society. Provide support and services to help them in gaining employment, finding housing, budgeting, counseling, parenting, life coaching and other services needed to reach each individuals full potential.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.